Voice over Wireless Lan should enjoy better quality following IEEE ratification of the 802.11r standard which was released in July with little fanfare. Enterprises currently dissatisfied with wireless IP telephony should think again, according to the IEEE, since the 802.11r standard will allow Wi-Fi kit to roam much more quickly between access points than current 802.11a/b/g/n hardware.Such an improvement would benefit VoIP calls being made through wireless networks, as well as video conferencing.
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No. No it's not.
1) VoIP uses miniscule amounts of information.
2) The infrastructure in the real world won't keep up.
I can see it being useful for video streaming across LAN, and maybe some other stuff, simultaneously.
But anything that's got to traverse the series of tubes is going to benefit no more from r than g (g being about as fast as any cables go in the real world- so far)
Irony is, all the way through typing this post, I kept losing connection.
No. No it's not.
1) VoIP uses miniscule amounts of information.
2) The infrastructure in the real world won't keep up.
I can see it being useful for video streaming across LAN, and maybe some other stuff, simultaneously.
But anything that's got to traverse the series of tubes is going to benefit no more from r than g (g being about as fast as any cables go in the real world- so far)
Irony is, all the way through typing this post, I kept losing connection.
I think you missed the point. The advantage (apparently) is in its speed in connecting to an AP, not the data rate. I guess it will be able to jump from one access point to another quicker so you won't get dropped calls roaming from your Starbucks or wherever to the sports bar next door that also has WiFi.
No. No it's not.
1) VoIP uses miniscule amounts of information.
2) The infrastructure in the real world won't keep up.
I can see it being useful for video streaming across LAN, and maybe some other stuff, simultaneously.
But anything that's got to traverse the series of tubes is going to benefit no more from r than g (g being about as fast as any cables go in the real world- so far)
Irony is, all the way through typing this post, I kept losing connection.
I think you missed the point. The advantage (apparently) is in its speed in connecting to an AP, not the data rate. I guess it will be able to jump from one access point to another quicker so you won't get dropped calls roaming from your Starbucks or wherever to the sports bar next door that also has WiFi.
Yes, I see that now. But normal people use phones. And if you want VoIP, use a smartphone with 3g and skype. It's a non-issue, not really needed other than for wardriving.
Not really, there's plenty of practical uses for this. I know people that use Wi-Fi walkie-talkie / pager type devices in hospitals.. and I think they'd very much enjoy that capability.
No. No it's not.
1) VoIP uses miniscule amounts of information.
2) The infrastructure in the real world won't keep up.
I can see it being useful for video streaming across LAN, and maybe some other stuff, simultaneously.
But anything that's got to traverse the series of tubes is going to benefit no more from r than g (g being about as fast as any cables go in the real world- so far)
Irony is, all the way through typing this post, I kept losing connection.
I think you missed the point. The advantage (apparently) is in its speed in connecting to an AP, not the data rate. I guess it will be able to jump from one access point to another quicker so you won't get dropped calls roaming from your Starbucks or wherever to the sports bar next door that also has WiFi.
Yes, I see that now. But normal people use phones. And if you want VoIP, use a smartphone with 3g and skype. It's a non-issue, not really needed other than for wardriving.
You can't possible suggest that 3G is good enough for VOIP compared to wifi anywhere??
3G is a technology which, the concept is good, has failed to provide the "everywhere" services such as phone services. It's also expensive...
Also, the people today use 2G phones however if there was no innovation in the world, we'd have no internets, no 3G etc...
Why invent email? "Normal" people use the post...
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